Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition
... powerful demonstrations of its application to large predators (Wootton and Bell 1992, Lahaye et al. 1994). This has directed much research towards spatial issues such as minimum habitat requirements, population viability analysis and the role of corridors for population persistence. Meanwhile, sever ...
... powerful demonstrations of its application to large predators (Wootton and Bell 1992, Lahaye et al. 1994). This has directed much research towards spatial issues such as minimum habitat requirements, population viability analysis and the role of corridors for population persistence. Meanwhile, sever ...
What Do We Mean When We Talk About Ecological Restoration?
... parks and look at the environment and think that what we see today has always existed in its current state and that humans had nothing to do with the genesis of the park’s environment. The truth is, before the arrival of European-Americans, Native Americans lived in, and made extensive use of, the l ...
... parks and look at the environment and think that what we see today has always existed in its current state and that humans had nothing to do with the genesis of the park’s environment. The truth is, before the arrival of European-Americans, Native Americans lived in, and made extensive use of, the l ...
Dialogues in Human Geography
... Turner correctly identifies the problem of confirmation bias as a central methodological theme that cross-cuts much of Vayda’s criticisms of other fields and subfields of research. Yet it is important to remember that the problem of confirmation bias is not just a matter of cherry-picking favored th ...
... Turner correctly identifies the problem of confirmation bias as a central methodological theme that cross-cuts much of Vayda’s criticisms of other fields and subfields of research. Yet it is important to remember that the problem of confirmation bias is not just a matter of cherry-picking favored th ...
Biological Stoichiometry: A Chemical Bridge between Ecosystem
... landscape is now shifting away from a tense stand-off between ecosystem and evolutionary perspectives. Ecosystems are no longer seen as distinct “quasi-organismal” entities but instead are viewed more as complex adaptive systems composed of a multitude of independent but interacting entities, both l ...
... landscape is now shifting away from a tense stand-off between ecosystem and evolutionary perspectives. Ecosystems are no longer seen as distinct “quasi-organismal” entities but instead are viewed more as complex adaptive systems composed of a multitude of independent but interacting entities, both l ...
Eric`s CV - Institute on the Environment
... supporting data storage and exchange among the more than 90 global sites participating in the Nutrient Network collaborative grassland experiment. Coordinate data availability to Network members for querying and analysis. Promoting data management and data sharing in ecology: As member of best pract ...
... supporting data storage and exchange among the more than 90 global sites participating in the Nutrient Network collaborative grassland experiment. Coordinate data availability to Network members for querying and analysis. Promoting data management and data sharing in ecology: As member of best pract ...
A Critical Look at Reciprocity in Ecology and Evolution
... Schoener (2011) argued that we should instead think of ecology and evolution as two actors in the same play dynamically interacting with one another. Schoener also argued that too much of what we have learned about such interactions is derived from laboratory experiments performed on model ecosystem ...
... Schoener (2011) argued that we should instead think of ecology and evolution as two actors in the same play dynamically interacting with one another. Schoener also argued that too much of what we have learned about such interactions is derived from laboratory experiments performed on model ecosystem ...
PCA – A Powerful Method for Analyze Ecological Niches
... lives. The second and most frequently applied understanding is the functioning of an organism within its concrete environment, which concerns acting on and responding to the organism’s physical environment as well as to other organisms, originally, within a community. Since the community concept is ...
... lives. The second and most frequently applied understanding is the functioning of an organism within its concrete environment, which concerns acting on and responding to the organism’s physical environment as well as to other organisms, originally, within a community. Since the community concept is ...
Litchman CV - Litchman-Klausmeier Lab
... James S. McDonnell Foundation (Studying Complex Systems): Plankton Community Assembly: Theory and Practice ($449,965 direct costs), co-investigator with C.A. Klausmeier (PI) ...
... James S. McDonnell Foundation (Studying Complex Systems): Plankton Community Assembly: Theory and Practice ($449,965 direct costs), co-investigator with C.A. Klausmeier (PI) ...
Landscapes and Their Ecological Components
... perspectives to be considered in landscape ecology: the human one, the geobotanical one, and the animal one. The human perspective allows us to dismantle and reassemble a landscape according to the functional entities that are relevant to human beings. The geobotanical perspective considers the spat ...
... perspectives to be considered in landscape ecology: the human one, the geobotanical one, and the animal one. The human perspective allows us to dismantle and reassemble a landscape according to the functional entities that are relevant to human beings. The geobotanical perspective considers the spat ...
Logic of experiments in ecology: is pseudoreplication a
... dynamics and individual behavior This alternative became popular when experiments on asymptotic dynamics of large-scale systems became almost infeasible, due to the perceived need of replication, and many ecologists still wanted to work on macroscopic systems. Good examples are provided by the green ...
... dynamics and individual behavior This alternative became popular when experiments on asymptotic dynamics of large-scale systems became almost infeasible, due to the perceived need of replication, and many ecologists still wanted to work on macroscopic systems. Good examples are provided by the green ...
Logic of experiments in ecology: is pseudoreplication a
... dynamics and individual behavior This alternative became popular when experiments on asymptotic dynamics of large-scale systems became almost infeasible, due to the perceived need of replication, and many ecologists still wanted to work on macroscopic systems. Good examples are provided by the green ...
... dynamics and individual behavior This alternative became popular when experiments on asymptotic dynamics of large-scale systems became almost infeasible, due to the perceived need of replication, and many ecologists still wanted to work on macroscopic systems. Good examples are provided by the green ...
Role of biotic interactions in a semiarid scrub community in north
... Previous studies of the &Kilean mediterranean and semiarid regions have suggested a major role of predation, and plant-animal interactions in structuring small mammal assemblages, and in determining trophic interactions within the community. However, few long-term, large scale field experiments have ...
... Previous studies of the &Kilean mediterranean and semiarid regions have suggested a major role of predation, and plant-animal interactions in structuring small mammal assemblages, and in determining trophic interactions within the community. However, few long-term, large scale field experiments have ...
Deep Pools as Dry Season Habitats in the Mekong River Basin
... and to the ecological integrity of the basin as a whole. Any future work in relation to deep pools should take a ‘systems approach’, i.e. the recognise role of deep pools as integrated elements of the larger system. This means basing research and management activities involving deep pools on the imp ...
... and to the ecological integrity of the basin as a whole. Any future work in relation to deep pools should take a ‘systems approach’, i.e. the recognise role of deep pools as integrated elements of the larger system. This means basing research and management activities involving deep pools on the imp ...
does variable coloration in juvenile marine crabs reduce
... conspicuous, and not associated with shelters. Both polymorphic newly settled and monochromatic large individuals occur in environments dominated by small predatory fish where larger adult crabs are at low risk of predation. Behavioral and visual crypsis may only be important early in life when post ...
... conspicuous, and not associated with shelters. Both polymorphic newly settled and monochromatic large individuals occur in environments dominated by small predatory fish where larger adult crabs are at low risk of predation. Behavioral and visual crypsis may only be important early in life when post ...
UP 205 Ecology and its Applications Spring 2015 Professor Daniel Schneider
... Office hours: Drop in anytime or by appointment https://compass2g.illinois.edu Description--Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment, or ecosystem. Humans play a critical role in these interactions. Manipulation of these interactions for ...
... Office hours: Drop in anytime or by appointment https://compass2g.illinois.edu Description--Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment, or ecosystem. Humans play a critical role in these interactions. Manipulation of these interactions for ...
Political Ecology - Páginas Personales UNAM
... and humanity, to give free and unfettered rein to the creativity of people– emancipating society from its domineering bonds and opening the way to a libertarian society. He underlined that “The explosive implications of an ecological approach arise not only from the fact that ecology is intrinsicall ...
... and humanity, to give free and unfettered rein to the creativity of people– emancipating society from its domineering bonds and opening the way to a libertarian society. He underlined that “The explosive implications of an ecological approach arise not only from the fact that ecology is intrinsicall ...
Blackburn
... to understand how those communities combine to produce the species-abundance distribution of a region, one needs to know the regional distribution itself. Second, by isolating a fragment of a system, you may be excluding the very influences that are the most important determinants of its character. ...
... to understand how those communities combine to produce the species-abundance distribution of a region, one needs to know the regional distribution itself. Second, by isolating a fragment of a system, you may be excluding the very influences that are the most important determinants of its character. ...
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... The study by Luque, Giraud & Courchamp (2013) illustrates two essential aspects for understanding Allee effects. First, not every individual in a group or population is the same. Many studies of Allee effects simply consider the total number or density of individuals, but the impact of each individu ...
... The study by Luque, Giraud & Courchamp (2013) illustrates two essential aspects for understanding Allee effects. First, not every individual in a group or population is the same. Many studies of Allee effects simply consider the total number or density of individuals, but the impact of each individu ...
Ecological Restoration - UW Courses Web Server
... Condition of the surrounding matrix is important • Influences how aggressive the restoration approach is ...
... Condition of the surrounding matrix is important • Influences how aggressive the restoration approach is ...
Dimensional approaches to designing better experimental
... a more realistic experimental model of nature (e.g., Margalef 1967; Adey and Loveland 1991). In other cases, dimensional manipulations have been explicitly employed as a means of investigating relationships among the counteracting variables (e.g., Huffaker 1958; Gilbert et al. 1998). In both situatio ...
... a more realistic experimental model of nature (e.g., Margalef 1967; Adey and Loveland 1991). In other cases, dimensional manipulations have been explicitly employed as a means of investigating relationships among the counteracting variables (e.g., Huffaker 1958; Gilbert et al. 1998). In both situatio ...
Chapter 1 in Falk et al. 2005 - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
... Experience indicates that restoration follows multiple pathways, which means that outcomes are difficult to predict. Part of the difficulty is that restoration takes place across a multi-dimensional spectrum of specific sites within various kinds of landscapes, and where goals range from highly spec ...
... Experience indicates that restoration follows multiple pathways, which means that outcomes are difficult to predict. Part of the difficulty is that restoration takes place across a multi-dimensional spectrum of specific sites within various kinds of landscapes, and where goals range from highly spec ...
Soundscape Ecology
... human well-being (figure 1, arrow 7). As with other natural resources, natural and unique soundscapes have many associated human ideals, such as cultural, sense of place, recreational, therapeutic, educational, research, artistic, and aesthetic values. Many of these values foster a conservation ethi ...
... human well-being (figure 1, arrow 7). As with other natural resources, natural and unique soundscapes have many associated human ideals, such as cultural, sense of place, recreational, therapeutic, educational, research, artistic, and aesthetic values. Many of these values foster a conservation ethi ...
Untitled - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
... mediate interactions, chemical ecology has flourished since its development over the past 50 ...
... mediate interactions, chemical ecology has flourished since its development over the past 50 ...
Ecology and Environmental Studies
... hegemonic masculinities, these virtues represent easier, deeper and more effective access to fuller flourishing of the self. They also compliment social and environmental justice agendas since caring for the wider biota supports developmental policies and practices that meet the needs of current ...
... hegemonic masculinities, these virtues represent easier, deeper and more effective access to fuller flourishing of the self. They also compliment social and environmental justice agendas since caring for the wider biota supports developmental policies and practices that meet the needs of current ...
A general theory of ecology
... (e.g., diversity along gradients). Such guidelines make model development easier and more complete, and can reveal interrelationships among seemingly disparate models. For example, Scheiner and Willig (2005) demonstrate ...
... (e.g., diversity along gradients). Such guidelines make model development easier and more complete, and can reveal interrelationships among seemingly disparate models. For example, Scheiner and Willig (2005) demonstrate ...